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• The State is not, as many political scientists would make it, an inanimate thing; it consists of people, human beings, each of whom operates under an inner compulsion to get the most out of life with the least expenditure of labor.

  Frank Chodorov

  People, Political, Scientist

  Frank Chodorov (1959). “The Rise & Fall of Society”, p.95, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• The freedoms won by Americans in 1776 were lost in the revolution of 1913.

  Frank Chodorov

  Revolution, Lost

  Frank Chodorov (2007). “Income Tax: Root of All Evil”, p.50, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• In America it is the so-called capitalist who is to blame for the fulfillment of Marx's prophecies. Beguiled by the state's siren song of special privilege, the capitalists have abandoned capitalism.

  Frank Chodorov

  Song, America, Special

  Frank Chodorov (1980). “Fugitive essays: selected writings of Frank Chodorov”, Liberty Fund Inc.

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• At first it was the incomes of corporations, then of rich citizens, then of well-provided widows and opulent workers, and finally the wealth of housemaids and the tips of waitresses. This is all in line with the ability to pay doctrine. The poor, simply because there are more of them, have more ability to pay than the rich.

  Frank Chodorov

  Widows, Lines, Pay

  Frank Chodorov (2007). “Income Tax: Root of All Evil”, p.52, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• Just what part does the State play in production to warrant its rake-off? The State does not give; it merely takes.

  Frank Chodorov

  Play, Giving, Doe

  Frank Chodorov (1947). “Taxation is Robbery ...”

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• We cannot restore traditional American freedom unless we limit the government's power to tax.

  Frank Chodorov

  Government, Tinkering, Libertarian

  Frank Chodorov (2007). “Income Tax: Root of All Evil”, p.10, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• We have but to remember man's natural tendency to satisfy his desires with the minimum of effort to realize how political power will be utilized.

  Frank Chodorov

  Men, Effort, Political

  Frank Chodorov, Charles H. Hamilton (1980). “Fugitive essays: selected writings of Frank Chodorov”, Liberty Fund Inc.

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• The pertinent question: if Americans did not want these wars should they have been compelled to fight them?

  Frank Chodorov

  Peace, War, Fighting

  Frank Chodorov (1980). “Fugitive essays: selected writings of Frank Chodorov”, Liberty Fund Inc.

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• Posterity does not pay off anything of the national debt. Each administration adds to the debt left to it, and the promise of liquidation implied in every bond issue is a false promise.

  Frank Chodorov

  Issues, Promise, Doe

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